re: #5 Prononymous, rogue demon hunter

I don’t think the chart is useless, actually. It clearly shows that it is far easier to write malware for a platform that is fragmented, like Android. With all of the various carriers and manufacturers modifying the OS and lagging behind in rolling out updates or in some cases not even releasing updates for some phone models that are still current, there are far more opportunities for exploitation. Another consideration is the fact that Android has captured the low end of the market and not all smartphone buyers in that space will be tech savvy enough to be on top of these kinds of issues. In other words, even more opportunities to exploit.

Industry reporting indicates 44 percent of Android users are still using versions 2.3.3 through 2.3.7-known as Gingerbread-which were released in 2011 and have a number of security vulnerabilities that were fixed in later versions.